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RTÉ Radio JNLR Figures Published

25 July 2013: Sweeping gains across weekends for Radio1 as it remains Ireland's No.1 radio station.

RTÉ Radio

1,876,000 (52%) adults listen to RTÉ Radio every week
RTÉ Radio scores 18 of the Top 20 most-listened-to programmes adults 15+

RTÉ Radio 1

RTÉ Radio 1 weekly reach holds steady BoB (and YoY) at 37% to 1,325,000
Weekdays see book on book gains for Risin’ Time, Morning Ireland, The John Murray Show with Miriam, Today with Pat Kenny, Ronan Collins, Mooney, Late Date including Book on One

RTÉ Radio 1 Weekday Reach steady at 24% with 864,000 listeners

RTÉ Radio 1 remains the only station in Ireland with a weekly reach of over 1M

RTÉ lyric fm

RTÉ lyric fm weekly reach is stable BoB at 7% with 254,000 listeners

RTÉ lyric fm weekday reach steady at 3% with 116,000 listeners

The Hamilton Scores up 10,000 book-on-book

Marty in the Morning gains 3000 listeners book-on-book and 2000 YoY

The John Kelly Ensemble up 2000 book-on-book

Trish Taylor’s Daybreak up 1,000 book-on-book

Commenting on the latest figures Jim Jennings, Acting Managing Director, RTÉ Radio said: “This is a very strong book for RTÉ Radio with gains throughout the week on Radio 1 and 2FM and RTÉ lyric maintaining its audience share. The figures cement Radio 1’s position as the number 1 station in the country and it continues to deliver quality programming for its audience. There are very encouraging signs for 2FM with the gains that it has made and with the changes coming on stream from the new Head, Dan Healy, we believe that the station is heading in the right direction.”
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· Radio 1 sees book on book gains for Risin’ Time, Morning Ireland, The John Murray Show with Miriam, Today with Pat Kenny, Ronan Collins, Mooney, Late Date including Book on One

RTÉ Radio 1 has made gains to its weekday schedule, with book-on-book consolidation across key slots. The latest set of listenership figures sees the station retain its position as Ireland’s most-listened-to radio station, with a weekly reach of 1,325,000 (+ 3,000 BoB). Radio 1 is the only station in the country with a weekly reach of over 1,000,000.

Tom McGuire, Acting Head of Radio 1, says: “It’s great book for Radio 1 with the weekends being the big winner. We have build on a loyal audience through the week and enhanced weekend programming has delivered new listeners in abundance. On weekends, our female presenters Claire, Marian and Miriam draw huge audiences while Saturday and Sunday Sport also prove to be big hits amongst our listeners.”

RTÉ Radio 1 | WEEKDAYMorning Ireland up 7,000 b-o-b to 450,000 and 6,000 y-o-yRisin’ Time up 4,000 b-o-b to 41,000The John Murray Show with Miriam up 3,000 to 330,000 b-o-b and 3,000 y-o-yToday with Pat Kenny up 3,000 b-o-b to 328,000Ronan Collins gains 4,000 listeners b-o-b to 218,000Mooney up 1,000 b-o-b to 225,000Late Date including Book on One up 1,000 to 28,000 b-o-b and 1,000 y-o-yNews at One gains 8,000 listeners year-on-year to 365,000

RTÉ Radio 1 | WEEKENDThe Marian Finucane Show (Sunday) up 37,000 b-o-b to 328,000Saturday Sport up 30,000 b-o-b to 157,000Saturday with Claire Byrne up 24,000 b-o-b to 214,000Miriam Meets up 21,000 b-o-b to 270,000The Weekend on One with Cathal Murray (Sunday) up 15,000 b-o-b to 52,000 and 2,000 y-o-yThe Marian Finucane Show (Saturday) up 14,000 b-o-b to 372,000The Weekend on One with Cathal Murray (Saturday) up 13,000 b-o-b to 82,000 and 2,000 y-o-ySunday Sport up 10,000 b-o-b to 146,000Music on One:Country up 8,000 to 22,000 b-o-b and 8,000 y-o-yThe History Show up 8,000 b-o-b to 29,000 and 4,000 y-o-yLate Date (Saturday) up 7,000 b-o-b to 13,000 and 7,000 y-o-y
Irish Language / Music slot up 6,000 to 14,000 b-o-b and 4,000 y-o-yOff the Shelf up 5,000 b-o-b to 15,000Archive on One / Arts up 5,000 b-o-b to 13,000 and 2,000 y-o-y
News/Papers/Countrywide up 5,000 b-o-b to 221,000 and 2,000 y-o-yDrama on One up 4,000 b-o-b to 12,000 and 4,000 y-o-yPapers/World Report/Bowman up 3,000 to 158,000 b-o-bArts Tonight (rpt) / Doc on One (rpt) up 3,000 b-o-b to 15,000 and 2,000 y-o-y
Céilí House up 2,000 b-o-b to 17,000 and 5,000 y-o-yThis Week up 2,000 b-o-b to 189,000
Music on One: In Concert up 2,000 b-o-b to 15,000
Music on One/SWB/Music up 1,000 b-o-b to 6,000Fáilte Isteach up 1,000 b-o-b to 13,000 b-o-b and 2,000 y-o-y

RTÉ lyric fm | WEEKDAYMarty in the Morning up 3,000 b--o-b to 34,00 and 2,000 y-o-yThe John Kelly Ensemble up 2,000 b-o-b to 30,000